Event

HANGMEN

Director: Martin McDonagh. 3 hrs.

Following a sell-out run at Londons Royal Court Theatre, Olivier and Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, The Cripple of Inishmaan, In Bruges) returns to the West End with Matthew Dunsters award-winning production of his deeply funny new play Hangmen, broadcast live to cinemas by National Theatre Live.

In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry (David Morrissey The Walking Dead, State of Play) is something of a local celebrity. But whats the second-best hangman in England to do on the day theyve abolished hanging?

Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harrys reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd (Andy Nyman Peaky Blinders, Death at a Funeral) and the peculiar Mooney (Johnny Flynn Clouds of Sils Maria) lurk with very different motives for their visit.

5 stars! The funniest play in London right now.Time Out
5 stars! The best new play of the year.The Daily Telegraph
5 stars! Gripping, funny and dramatically tense.Sunday Times
5 Stars! Drop-dead hilarious.The Independent